COPD Care Bundle
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Abstract
Emphysema and Chronic obstructive disease are the two primary forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Having COPD, therefore, makes patients have difficulty in breathing. The exacerbation of COPD with time leads to accelerated declining lung function and cost. The article is on the findings to improve on the ED observations. The 30-d revisit is aimed to be reduced through the implementation of COPD care bundle. It is a study finding done through two years in an academic facility with 800-bed capacity.
ED observation unit is a clinical area in a hospitality facility where patients are kept for observational methods. Protocol-based care is efficiently given to the patients of whom their diagnosis is precise. In the case of COPD, the article states that the bundle in adoption from inpatient programs, held inhaler regimen, instructions and a 30-d inhaler supply. During the study, sampling and analysis are done from the tabulated data (Zafar et al., 2020). In the article, keywords that are useful in respiratory practice are elaborated. Clinical decision unit, emergency departments in a facility, patient care bundles and quality improvement are but a few of the terms handled in the article.
In the article, there are results of the findings that are recorded. Bundle adherence recorded a percentage of ninety in half-year analysis. The results meant that over the studied patients, the rate of revisit was recorded to reduce drastically. The conclusion was made, therefore. It confirmed that in respiratory practice, firm adherence made to a care bundle of COPD among the respiratory patients treated in ED observation units, amounts of revisits is lowered (Zafar et al., 2020).
This article is essential to respiratory practice. In a well-practised care bundle, there is a lowered revisit that is important in respiratory care. The less pain and decreased visits save the patients with time and economic efficiency (Parikh et al., 2016). In cutting down the cost and prolonging the lung function is an essential breakthrough in this field. It is through such research articles that vast knowledge is gained which is vital while practising.
References
Parikh, R., Shah, T. G., & Tandon, R. (2016). COPD exacerbation care bundle improves the standard of care, length of stay, and readmission rates. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 11, 577.
Zafar, M. A., Loftus, T. M., Palmer, J. P., Phillips, M., Ko, J., Ward, S. R., … & Alessandrini, E. A. (2020). COPD care bundle in the emergency department observation unit reduces emergency department revisits.